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  Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (Paperback) By (author) Chris Hedge

  

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  Short Description for Empire of Illusion In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's "The Culture of Narcissism," Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion.
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  • Publisher: Nation Books
  • Published: 11 November 2010
  • Format: Paperback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Literacy | Communication Studies | Popular Culture | Media Studies
  • ISBN 13: 9781568586137 ISBN 10: 1568586132
  • Sales rank: 20,075

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• In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Chris Hedges has written a shattering meditation on American obsession with celebrity and the epidemic of illiteracy that threatens our cultural integrity. Reporting on such phenomena as professional wrestling, the pornographic film industry, and unchecked casino capitalism, Hedges exposes the mechanisms used to divert us from confronting the economic, political, and moral collapse around us. Empire of Illusion shows us how illiteracy and the embrace of fantasy have impoverished our working class, allowed for the continuance of destructive public policy, and ushered in cultural bankruptcy.